Israel & Mohamed

One of them creates documentary-inspired theatre, films, and installations. The other is a virtuoso and iconoclastic flamenco dancer. By placing their first names side by side, Mohamed El Khatib and Israel Galván attempt to bridge the gap between their artistic worlds and practices as well as between their personal journeys, through a dialogue across the Mediterranean where differences prove as fruitful as affinities. Together, under the bewildered gaze of their fathers, they search for a common language rooted in the body, its wounds, and its scars. Taking their meeting and the sharing of their intimate, familial, and professional stories as a starting point, they explore – as a duo – the concepts of a living archive and a documentary dance. 

يعمل محمد الخطيب وإسرائيل غالفان سوياً لخلق "رقصة وثائقية" تجمع بين الحميمية والسياسة في ظلال الشخصيات الأبوية، وحوّلا جسديهما إلى أرشيف حيّ. 

INTERVIEW WITH Israel Galván AND Mohamed El Khatib

With Mohamed El Khatib et Israel Galván  

Concept Mohamed El Khatib et Israel Galván  
Scenography Fred Hocké  
Video Zacharie Dutertre, Emmanuel Manzano
Sound Pedro León  
Costume Micol Notarianni
Technical Director Fred Hocké and Pedro León  
Construction Pierre Paillès, Géraldine Bessac
Production Rosario Gallardo, Gil Paon 

Production IGalván Company, Zirlib
Coproduction Festival d’Avignon, Festival d’Automne à Paris, RomaEuropa Festival, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Théâtre de la Ville de Paris, Mixt Terrain d’arts en Loire-Atlantique (Nantes), TNB Théâtre national de Bretagne (Rennes), TnBA Théâtre national Bordeaux Aquitaine, Le Volcan Scène nationale du Havre, Tandem Scène nationale Arras-Douai, Théâtre Garonne (Toulouse), Scène nationale de l’Essonne (Evry), Teatro della Pergola (Florence), La Halle aux Grains Scène nationale de Blois, MC2 Maison de la culture de Grenoble Scène nationale
With the support of Ministère de la Culture Drac Centre-Val de Loire, Région Centre-Val de Loire, INAEM – Ministerio de Cultura (Madrid), and for the 79th edition: Ambassade d’Espagne en France
With the help of Usine Centre national des arts de la rue et de l’espace public (Toulouse)
Shows in partnership with France Médias Monde
Acknowledgments Ana Pérez, Lili Robley and Raphaëlle Rousseau

Zirlib receives support from the French Ministry of Culture – DRAC Centre-Val de Loire, and the Centre-Val de Loire Region.
Mohamed El Khatib is associate artist at the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, the Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, the Théâtre National de Bretagne in Rennes, and the TnBA – Théâtre national Bordeaux Aquitaine.

Compañía Israel Galván receives support from INAEM, the Spanish National Institute for Performing Arts and Music.
Israel Galván is associate artist at the Théâtre de la Ville, Paris.